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High-powered game's crash shows stakes in impatient market

Multiplayer shooter game Highguard will be shutting down, its developer has said, closing the book on a title that launched to great fanfare but failed to find a player base.

Microsoft confirms plans for next-gen Xbox console 'Project Helix'

Microsoft has confirmed that its gaming division is developing a next-generation Xbox console, currently code-named Project Helix, signaling a new phase for the company's gaming hardware strategy.

NetEase to stop funding Nagoshi Studio as it shrinks gaming

NetEase Inc will cut off funding to the studio led by Yakuza franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, the latest to be affected by the Chinese company's broader strategy to shrink game development activities.

Solving the mysteries of Blake Manor: A gothic detective adventure

The Séance Of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective game which proves that the scariest thing of all is a short deadline.

A modern-day fairy tale about cycles of trauma

Reanimal puts children in perilous circumstances, a familiar theme for the studio behind Little Nightmares.

Did Obsidian master the art of the efficient epic?

Although video games are taking longer to make, a studio renowned for immersive experiences managed to release three last year.

Pokémon Pokopia replaces conflict with creature comforts

You'll rebuild a community in a spinoff that emulates cozy games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Nintendo Switch 2 users face storage woes as memory crisis bites

Demand for Nintendo Co's profit-earning game software is under threat from soaring prices for data storage, clouding efforts to build a Switch 2 ecosystem that's resilient to tariffs and military conflict.

Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC

Sony Group Corp no longer plans to release its big PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major shift in strategy that sees the video-game maker returning to console exclusivity after six years of flirting with multi-platform releases, according to people familiar with the company's plans.

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Google will lower the lucrative fees imposed on its Android app store and offer a way for rival options to gain its stamp of approval, ending a bruising legal battle that led to one of several rulings condemning its tactics as an illegal monopoly.